NEW YORK _ The Mets season unofficially ended with Jacob deGrom on the mound, but it didn't matter.
The second National League wild-card spot looked out of reach before he'd even thrown a pitch � the Brewers manhandled the Reds out of the gate in Cincinnati � and the mathematical improbability had turned into a mathematical impossibility.
So deGrom did what he does � what he does for every start, whether the Mets give him run support or not, whether his team is in contention or not. He went at the Marlins with the power of a prizefighter and the finesse of a flutist and cemented himself as the clear favorite to repeat as the National League Cy Young Award winner.